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  1. juanni
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    I think it is the way to go. I roughed in garden plot but probably won't have time to work it next spring. I have had the high paying job in...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. juanni
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    I will have liability insurance, just not fire.
    Post by: juanni, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. juanni
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    Avoid, no. Minimize by purchasing property in a low tax state with few "essential services".:) Self employed, use every deduction and simply work...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. juanni
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    No mortgage, cut out the Banksters too.
    Post by: juanni, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  5. juanni
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    My solution is to build a home without combustibles and never have to purchase fire insurance. Think of the money, hassle and frustration of...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    With ICF we go back to propriety materials, requiring a stucco crew/guy with that soft stucco they now use, plastering the interior instead of...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 9, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Well as noted way above in this thread, solar isn't a viable option. As far as wildfires, I am building away from trees of any size that might...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 9, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Yes that is the HDD for Missoula the closest recorded data that I find. I am about 50-60 miles away, 200' lower in elevation and have none of the...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 9, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    But see Como, you are pointing out the issues with alternate construction materials that I am trying to avoid. Problems with the supplier, 3-4...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 9, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  10. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Thank you Dextron!! It wasn't relevant to the topic when I started this thread about alt heating, but I am a licensed PE with a few years of...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 8, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    I would be curious what the cost of equivalent of 18, 9'x12' of those SIP panels delivered to 59801 would be. I bet it would not be a...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 8, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  12. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Steel tilting form with overhead crane, all in one. Will have its own axle, wheels and four 20K? landing gear style jacks. Place and level...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 8, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  13. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Actually I think it is going to less work and headache especially when you look at long term maintenance, material storage and repair issues....
    Post by: juanni, Dec 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  14. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    I think you missed my reasons for wanting a hard rock concrete exterior. :) 1. Peckers would make SIPs look like swiss cheese in a couple of...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  15. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    OK, lets say R1 for a 5" concrete wall + R11.5 + R 15 = R 27.5 for a 12" finished wall. The suggestion was to double the insulation to R 54 which...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  16. juanni
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    Show us you pics of the dirty work horses you call a splitter!

    Hmmmm...... there is nothing quite about my splitter. That pump screams at 3400rpm, I wear ear muffs. Wonder if it supposed to be quieter, it...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Gear
  17. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    All I can say is that is the R value given in every reference I see. I suspect if it was super air entrained it would say.
    Post by: juanni, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  18. juanni
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    Show us you pics of the dirty work horses you call a splitter!

    Thanks Fellas!! I have a persnickety Ford 8N tractor that constantly needs fiddling to start, run and idle,,,,that satisfies my gas motor...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Gear
  19. juanni
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    Point me in the right direction, small, new, energy efficient home

    Huh? 5" of air entrained concrete is R19.5 3" of rigid foam is R11.5 3.5" of Roxul is R15 and you say to double it? I suspect even a small wood...
    Post by: juanni, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  20. juanni
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    Do you use, a saw case, bag,Scabbard , or go bare

    Mine travel in firehose scabbards. Cheap, tough and works great for 30 years.
    Post by: juanni, Dec 5, 2012 in forum: The Gear
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